Kondo, who spent the first seven months of 2007 nursing a hand
injury, was all about takedowns in this bout. In fact the light
heavyweight King of Pancrase didn't take much damage, nullifying
his hard-striking opponent by constantly bringing the action to the
mat.

Once on the ground, Kondo worked his way to the mount in every
round and rained down punches. When Sakuragi twisted to escape the
blows, Kondo took his back, but he was unable to sink in the
rear-naked choke.

Kondo was pretty much in the driver's seat for all three rounds,
and though he came close, he couldn't finish off the persistent
Sakuragi. The fight went to the judges, and the light heavyweight
KOP took the well-deserved victory.

With legendary pro wrestler and the head of UWF Snakepit Japan,
Billy Robinson, looking on, the gym's Manabu Inoue(Pictures) took on Korean fighter Jin Suk Jung.

Jung displayed a good sprawl against his opponent, stopping most of
his takedown attempts, but eventually Inoue took the action to the
ground.

The second round saw Inoue score the takedown early, passing to
side control. From there the Japanese fighter sunk on a tight arm
triangle. Jung resisted against the technique for a few seconds,
but he was forced to tap at 1:47.

The Korean came out swinging in this one, charging forward at his
opponent. For his part, Wada did a good job of covering up and
circling the ring to avoid the shots. The Japanese fighter
eventually scored the takedown and took his opponent's back, only
to see Kim escape before he could sink in the choke.

In the second round, after trading blows, Kim came charging in with
a punch and the two fighters clashed heads, opening a large cut
over the Korean's eye. After a doctor's check, Kim couldn't
continue. The fight went to the judges' scorecards, and Wada walked
away with the majority decision.

As with his PANCRASEism teammate Yuki Kondo(Pictures), the ever-eccentric Hikaru Sato(Pictures) focused on takedowns in his bout
against Kentaro Abe, constantly moving the action to the mat.

In the second round, after a takedown, Sato worked to the mount.
Once there the Pancrase veteran fired shots down on his opponent.
In an effort to escape the punches, Abe twisted, giving Sato his
back. Shortly after, Sato applied a rear-naked choke, forcing his
opponent to tap at the 2:27 mark.